Detroit Lions Offseason Thread 2023

[buddha]

45 minutes ago, Shinzaki said:

The Packers are going to be truly horrid next year

if the packers oline holds together, i think they'll be pretty decent.  

[CMRivdogs]

1 hour ago, Motown Bombers said:

Lamar Jackson seems like he may be high maintenance. 

 

What color M&M's does he want?

[MichiganCardinal]

28 minutes ago, buddha said:

if the packers oline holds together, i think they'll be pretty decent.  

Depends on Love.  If he can be halfway decent (which he hasn’t shown to this point), they might be able to hover around .500.

[Sports_Freak]

32 minutes ago, Hongbit said:

His own agent couldn’t have sold it better.  

No, San Francisco announced he was going to be ready for training camp. We'll see when he gets his team physical before he signs the contract. Teams are usually pretty careful signing players coming off of injury.

[MichiganCardinal]

This is why I think Jamaal re-signs sometime this week. It’s not a RB friendly market that justifies a team outbidding others for an RB2. Someone would really need to fall in love with him.

[MichiganCardinal]

The secondary might just be alright next season. Walker is looking like a man on a damn mission.

[Hongbit]

38 minutes ago, Sports_Freak said:

No, San Francisco announced he was going to be ready for training camp. We'll see when he gets his team physical before he signs the contract. Teams are usually pretty careful signing players coming off of injury.

Saying he’s on track to be ready for training camp is way different than saying it was a minor injury and won’t have any impact on him going forward.    I hope it’s the case because he’s going to be a great pickup if he stays healthy.   I have my doubts though.  
 

 

Edited March 15, 2023 by Hongbit

[Stanley70]

It looks like they may be rebuilding the secondary room as quickly as they did the WR room.

[Motown Bombers]

 

[buddha]

do not overpay for jamaal williams.

[MichiganCardinal]

9 minutes ago, Motown Bombers said:

 

Little bit surprised by this, but I guess it depends on what he thinks he’s worth. We weren’t going to get him for 2 years / $6MM again.

[MichiganCardinal]

Wow. 

 

[Jason_R]

5 minutes ago, MichiganCardinal said:

Wow. 

 

This is Brad Holmes not overpaying for Jamaal Williams. 

[buddha]

david montgomery is a good back and more talented than jamaal williams.

[Mr.TaterSalad]

WOW!!! I cannot say I saw this move coming. Montgomery is only 25 years old so he should have a fair amount of gas still left in the tank. I guess he'll be our RB1 instead of Swift.

Edited March 15, 2023 by Mr.TaterSalad

[MichiganCardinal]

2 minutes ago, Jason_R said:

This is Brad Holmes not overpaying for Jamaal Williams. 

Yup. I think Montgomery is likely expected to be a slightly younger and slightly better version of Jamaal Williams at the price point they were comfortable spending.

[Mr.TaterSalad]

Does signing Montgomery stop the Bijan Robinson at #18 talk?

[RedRamage]

 

[NYLion]

This is a tough one for me. I think Montgomery is the better player and the much younger player as well but damn I loved Jamaal the person and culture fit. Probably good from a football standpoint but from a fan feeling standpoint, it kind of sucks.

[Motown Bombers]

1 minute ago, Mr.TaterSalad said:

Does signing Montgomery stop the Bijan Robinson at #18 talk?

I doubt it because I always looked at Robinson to be a replacement to Swift and not Williams. 

[Jason_R]

1 minute ago, Mr.TaterSalad said:

Does signing Montgomery stop the Bijan Robinson at #18 talk?

I don’t think so. Swift has one year left. Maybe he’ll be healthy for it. Montgomery for three years. 

[Motown Bombers]

It will be interesting to see what Jamaal Williams gets. Maybe he overplayed his hand. He's probably more valuable to the Lions than any other team. 

[MichiganCardinal]

I think Montgomery will take the role of goal-line / 3rd down / downhill between the tackles back, while Swift remains (or Bijan becomes) the newer generation backfield threat.

[Motown Bombers]

Montgomery put up similar numbers to Williams behind a much worse offensive line. I like this move from a football perspective and I'll get over losing Williams. 

[Tenacious D]

Really hope Jamaal doesn’t go to the Bears.